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Regular radioinfo contributor Ian MacRae posts industry news that comes into the categories of rumour, gossip, scandal and radio people behaving badly. Macca encourages you to submit anything you think fits and is keen to receive any feedback on stuff you see here. You can contact him at ian@allaboutradio.net

The BBC is reportedly investigating one of its radio presenters after he allegedly groped a number of female colleagues.

The employee, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is said to have sexually harassed at least eight members of staff. It has been claimed that he would approach the women from behind before putting his hand up their skirts ‘to feel...

Outspoken Indian gay rights activist Harish Iyer (pictured) is the host of "Gaydio," the first radio show dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues in India, where homosexuality is a taboo and gay sex can be punished with up to 10 years in jail.

Iyer, 38, says: "As an activist, it is in my DNA to stand up for a cause. You hear heart-...

San Fransisco Bay Area radio station KQED was hit by hackers, who knocked out the station’s online radio stream for hours.

In a statement to the San Francisco Chronicle, communications manager Brenda Tucker had this to say about the apparent hack: “KQED observed suspicious activity late Thursday afternoon on several computers on the IT network. Our...

An oldies country music radio station serving a rural Arizona area that aired a public service announcement for two years telling people how to hide potential evidence in child pornography cases has stopped doing so after advertisers received threats.

KAVV-FM owner Paul Lotsof said in an interview that he does not like child pornography but...

At the request of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, a combined government force on Thursday raided a radio station run by media activist Therdsak Jiamkijwattana in Muang district for allegedly disseminating information that could cause division in society.
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